Do-It-Yourself Dissemination Tool Kit

Need help disseminating your research findings?

Fulfilling the responsibility of disseminating your research findings does not have to be an overwhelming task. We have developed the “Do-It-Yourself Dissemination Took Kit” to assist you in fulfilling your responsibility to disseminate your findings to relevant stakeholders, including: 1)  those who may not have access publications, including people with the condition(s) of interest, advocacy groups, program and policy decision makers, funders, and elected officials; and 2) those who could help reach your stakeholders or amplify the findings, namely the media.

The responsibility for dissemination lies with you, the researcher. The “Do It Yourself Dissemination Tool Kit” will help you fulfill your responsibility efficiently and effectively.

Download the Tool Kit:

1) Tool Kit User Guide

• Understand how to use the templates provided below, how to frame your summary, and access a link to contact information for all JHU media teams
• Suggestions for groups of stakeholders who should be included in your stakeholder “rolodex” to allow for quick dissemination of your Executive Summary via email
• Guidance to create a Twitter thread of findings to disseminate your findings more broadly, and a complete example of such a thread

2) Dissemination Executive Summary: Template
3) Dissemination Executive Summary: Example

• A template to create a 1-page Executive Summary of your findings for efficient dissemination, as well as a complete example of such an Executive Summary

4) Dissemination Executive Summary – Elected Officials: Template
5) Dissemination Executive Summary – Elected Officials: Example

• A template to create a 1-page Executive Summary of your findings for efficient dissemination specifically for elected officials, as well as a complete example

We hope this tool kit makes it easier for Johns Hopkins University researchers to efficiently and effectively disseminate research findings and fulfill the responsibility of dissemination while amplifying contributions to knowledge and discovery.

Feedback on the tool kit is welcome. E-mail Dr. Keri Althoff, Johns Hopkins Provost’s Fellow for Research Communication at [email protected].